Abstract:
:Atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in developed countries, is characterized by chronic inflammation in the artery wall. It has been appreciated for decades that this disease is linked to hypercholesterolemia and the accumulation of macrophages in the artery wall, yet the exact mechanisms underlying this inflammatory process remain unclear. The role of innate and adaptive immune responses in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has been an area of intense study. It now appears that activation of innate immune signaling pathways designed to protect us from microbes may be responsible for initiating and feeding the chronic inflammatory cascade that characterizes this disease. In this review, we discuss the recent identification of Toll-like receptors and their downstream signaling pathways as critical contributors to atherosclerosis. Unraveling the contribution of individual Toll-like receptors and identifying the ligands that activate these pathways will be a central focus of atherosclerosis research in the next few years. The involvement of these pathways in atherogenesis will not only open up new avenues of investigation, but it also provides new targets for therapeutic manipulation that could ameliorate the atherosclerotic inflammatory response directly.
journal_name
Ann Medjournal_title
Annals of medicineauthors
Laberge MA,Moore KJ,Freeman MWdoi
10.1080/07853890510007304subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
130-40issue
2eissn
0785-3890issn
1365-2060journal_volume
37pub_type
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